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Newspaper
Bridgeport Evening Farmer
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Aug 21, 1913
Page
4
For forty seven years First Bridgeport National Bank has served at Main and Jobe rt. The firm offers three percent per annum on deposits left for any period from one day to one year and promises careful personal attention. James Staples & Co. Bankers at 150 State St invite accounts large or small and encourage inquiries about banking facilities.
On Aug 21 Howard Elliott, newly elected president of the Board of Infectors, and Charles S. Mellen, railroad president, completed a record run from New Haven to New York in 1 hour 24 minutes aboard two private cars. Elliott came from Boston and joined three other railroad men for the trip, though the reason for the unusually swift run remains unclear to local railroad circles.
The T A Scott Company of New London has begun a new dock project for Mast Side Coal Company on the east shore of Yellow Mill pond. Location is Waterview avenue between Hallam and Willard streets. Bridgeport Slovak Business Men's association backs the project with shareholders including Joseph L. Strempel George Pistey M Simko and J Zitnay.
Thomas Cassidy, living wherever, tried to show off with a sharp knife after refreshments. He cut off the tip of his right index finger, which Surgeon MacDonald at the emergency hospital sewed back in place.
William Call a 30 year old gardener of Danbury died by hanging in a barn Monday after eluding a guard who was pursuing him. He climbed to the hayloft, dropped from a beam with a rope around his neck, and broke his neck in about a 15 foot fall. Other items note a New Canaan touring car collision in Stamford a Bethel case fined for automobile law violations and minor injuries to Stamford girl Helen Langford as a car hit her leg, plus Wilton resident Deborah Gorham escaping serious injury in a multi-car rear collision near Cannon.
All summer millinery is marked from one half to one quarter off original prices at E Hi Dillon Co. 1105 Main street. Advertisement notes clearance of ladies hats and related headwear with substantial discounts.
An advertisement promotes a jewelry store offering diamonds and value on purchases. It invites customers to visit when ready to buy a ring and highlights available money and price advantages.
A motion to back N. F. Hoggson in preserving Pleasant Valley’s main pond prompts public action. Backers argue the pond’s value to landscape, property values, and local schemes for roadside beauty, while the Bridgeport Hydraulic Co. could alter plans.
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